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mbrubeck@mefi.social wrote:

I was looking for the Brian David Gilbert PokéRap but I misremembered and searched for "Neil Cicieraga PokeRap" and of course, of course that is also a thing that exists.

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isagalaev@social.seattle.wa.us ("Ivan Sagalaev") wrote:

Found a quaint knitting store in downtown Bellevue. It's impeccably designed in a way that just makes you want to stay there forever :-)

It was quite a happy coincidence, as my daughter actually needed some yarn, and having realized there were no Michaels stores nearby, my wife suddenly stumbled on this one, which was a 2 minutes walk away. So glad we didn't go to any dreary Michaels!

Some more pics: https://www.flickr.com/photos/isagalaev/albums/72177720328920930

#darktable #knitting #photography

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Edmonds_Scanner@universeodon.com wrote:

If you don't feel like yourself today, choose a disguise to wear into the world:
- forlorn tugboat captain
- unemployed rock bassist
- librarian of darkness
- moss witch
- slightly sexy shrub
- large boulder the size of a small boulder

jwz wrote:

We Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk: If the far-right misogynist with a bad haircut wants to villainize independent women, Jezebel is more than happy to be the hag of his nightmares. [...] Then I found the crown jewel: "Shit Your Pants Spell."
https://jwz.org/b/ykvB

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ana@starlite.rodeo ("miss ana vee :vheart_fuck_yes:") wrote:

just like to point out that ouija boards are cheap, have very little environmental impact, predate chatgpt by over 100 years, and are just as capable at telling you what you'd like to hear

they may be harder to use at first but with a little dedication most people should have no trouble getting the results they want

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cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

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LARSNEVERDIES@labyrinth.zone ("_") wrote:

apple is such a funny company. all of their marketing is like "here to talk to us about the new CPAP addons for memojis is alex (he/him)" and all of their corporate actions are like "tim cook personally sold 50 indentured foxconn workers to the Heritage Foundation"

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fox@front-end.social ("karolina") wrote:

spot on and no prisoners taken analysis on how apple leadership (cough, tim cook, cough) bent the knee to fascists by @anildash

https://www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/how-tim-cook-sold-out-steve-jobs/

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

People who don't exist "making" podcasts for people who don't care

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/ai-podcast-start-up-plan-shows-1236361367/

jwz wrote:

Qualifying Conditions.

Pro tip for Californians: If you try to get a COVID-19 vaccine at Walgreens, they will ask you if you have a condition that puts you at high risk, and what it is.

The correct answer is "smoking".

Who said cigarettes are bad for you?

https://jwz.org/b/yku%5F

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

:live: Wrapping up the feature update for some.pics, live on Twitch! https://twitch.tv/neatnik

(We’re getting a new template engine for totally custom pages!)

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Mer__edith@mastodon.world ("Meredith Whittaker") wrote:

📣 NEW -- In The Economist, discussing the privacy perils of AI agents and what AI companies and operating systems need to do--NOW--to protect Signal and much else!

https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2025/09/09/ai-agents-are-coming-for-your-privacy-warns-meredith-whittaker?giftId=859d3a46-a913-4ee0-a3d5-060b774c2501&utm%5Fcampaign=gifted%5Farticle

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anildash@me.dm ("Anil Dash") wrote:

I guess I actually was pretty mad about that stupid golden paperweight https://www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/how-tim-cook-sold-out-steve-jobs/

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tolmasky ("Francisco Tolmasky") wrote:

“Design isn’t just looks, it’s how it works. Take this statue for example, it may not *look* like much, but it *worked* at getting us exempted from tariffs.” #AppleEvent

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jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:

Five years ago today. Photo taken at high noon.

Atmospheric CO2 then: 411.75 ppm
Atmospheric CO2 today: 423.75 ppm

Got to keep driving while the world burns down because of driving. #OrangeSkyDay

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SutroTower@sfba.social ("Sutro Tower :sutro:") wrote:

September 9, 2020

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noisemakerbot@genart.social ("Noisemaker Bot") wrote:

graph-paper

Attachments:

• gifv: "Graph Paper" portrays a retro wireframe terrain map on a steel-blue grid over a charcoal background, accented with tan contours. It recalls vintage radar and lidar displays in an early computing aesthetic. Seed: 20331

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OldSquida2@kolektiva.social ("Rita, antifascist 🏴🦯🦯🦯") wrote:

@RadicalGraffiti i, as an old to my Belarus grandmother: i punch nazis. my grandmother: after you punch them, you kill them,no?

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RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu ("Radical Graffiti") wrote:

Anti-cop sticker spotted in Chicago, Illinois

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RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu ("Radical Graffiti") wrote:

"Abolish ICE / Fight & Resist"
Posters spotted in Found on Capitol Hill, Seattle

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logopetria ("Stuart Presnell") wrote:

@marcoarment “I was being bundled into an unmarked van by masked ICE agents when my Apple Watch notified me that my heart rate was unusually high”

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aparrish@friend.camp ("allison") wrote:

i love living in the future, in which i have to hold my web browser very gingerly so it doesn't replace the thing i'm reading with the carbon farts of a stochastic white supremacy machine https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/shake-to-summarize/

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blogdiva ("your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦") wrote:

if you’ve been living under a rock these past few months before today’s #AppleEvent here’s two links as a quick refresher on Tim Cook’s latest fascist bootlicking asshattery:

Apple CEO Tim Cook bends the knee to Donald Trump https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-ceo-tim-cook-bends-173140460.html

Tim Cook says ‘thank you’ 8 times in less than two minutes at dinner with Donald Trump https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/tim-cook-says-thank-you-8-times-in-less-than-two-minutes-at-dinner-with-donald-trump-he-was-super-nervous/ar-AA1LZ4X5

FWIW : if you’re a minority targeted by fascists, Apple’s closed ecosystem is now a hostage situation with Cook’s allegiance to Trump

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

JUST A SINGLE WEEK exists between today and the official release of The Shattering Peace! You can still pre-order from your favorite bookseller, or come see me on my US tour! Dates and ticket information are at the link!

https://us.macmillan.com/tours/john-scalzi-the-shattering-peace/

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

The dad is a decent human, at least

Dad says leave 'Phillies Karen' alone after home run ball controversy https://share.google/2tzRdY8E1fI6UWvbf

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

I hope whoever Apple’s next CEO is, they go back to doing live keynote presentations rather than filming slick hour-long commercials, and also stop sucking up to fascists

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

American science has suffered a catastrophe.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/09/09/american-science-is-screwed/

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

Not only does the orange iPhone Pro look orange, the blue iPhone Pro looks blue. Did they accidentally hire someone from Nokia’s Lumia old group?

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

For those of you who enjoy throwing your phone through artfully placed glass vases, great news

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

I have a meeting at 1:35 pm and another one at 2pm, so I am going to miss a substantial chunk of the Apple presentation going on now. I’m planning to buy precisely 0% of what’s shown, though, so that’s fine. (Unless they release new MacBook Pros today. Which they won’t.)